Hi,
You were looking at my blog on Paleo with kids and I tried to reply but blogger was giving me issues.....
First, the Paleo did help the ADHD. My husband kind of gave up on it after the 60 days though because it is more work. A lot of work to do. The ADHD just didn't seem to surface as easily and my son slept better. It was like seeing a kid hopped up on sugar before, and the kid without sugar afterwards. He could just control his impulses better. I will say that it took longer to have an effect than I thought. It just takes a few weeks at least for the glueten to get out of thier system.
It also helped my husband who has adult ADHD but he doesn't admit that either....he loves bread too much. When he goes grocery shopping lots of bread and bagels makes it into our shopping cart. When I do that stuff is never in the cart;)
I love that you are a runner. I want to be, but I can't even jog a mile straight at this time:( I'd love to be able to run a 5k without thinking. I know I just need to get started, but workig full time with 3 kiddos and a house to keep up with just seems all time consuming. I think I lost my motivation a long time ago and now I"m so far behind fitness wise, it's hard to get started again.
Anyways, feel free to email me if you have any other questions. Paleo was a great thing and I"m fighting to keep it 80% Paleo in the house now... shamree_howard@yahoo.com
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Blogging, personally and professionally?
Now that I've started blogging more regularly it's starting to be catchy and gives me an itch to blog more, even if anyone doesn't read it. It's nice to sometimes just get things out there more than the 140 characters of facebook.
I just started blogging professionally as well. That makes me feel more, naked, so to speak. I'm out of my comfort zone. I'm taking material from my technical expert co-workers and writing short blogs on their material, in more casual tones. I have them quickly review to make sure I didn't interpret anything weird, but I'm still nervous that I've made a huge blunder someone overlooked and I'll look like an idiot!
Plus, if you look at the site, as is with most engineering companies, 90% of the bloggers are men over the age of 50. I'm one of 3 women, only 1 of 2 women engineers, and the youngest person blogging.
Also, since I'm working with my colleagues to blog about technical topics that they are experts on- that they don't have time to blog on themselves- I feel almost like I'm trying to fake it. That isn't the case. I'm for sure not as technical as most of the other bloggers, BUT, I do have an engineering degree and understand a lot of what they are talking about, just not ALL of it- and I"m not an expert.
Check it out--- it's only 500 words. Don't fall asleep... and see what you think;)
http://www.designconcommunity.com/author.asp?section_id=3143&doc_id=261759&
I just started blogging professionally as well. That makes me feel more, naked, so to speak. I'm out of my comfort zone. I'm taking material from my technical expert co-workers and writing short blogs on their material, in more casual tones. I have them quickly review to make sure I didn't interpret anything weird, but I'm still nervous that I've made a huge blunder someone overlooked and I'll look like an idiot!
Plus, if you look at the site, as is with most engineering companies, 90% of the bloggers are men over the age of 50. I'm one of 3 women, only 1 of 2 women engineers, and the youngest person blogging.
Also, since I'm working with my colleagues to blog about technical topics that they are experts on- that they don't have time to blog on themselves- I feel almost like I'm trying to fake it. That isn't the case. I'm for sure not as technical as most of the other bloggers, BUT, I do have an engineering degree and understand a lot of what they are talking about, just not ALL of it- and I"m not an expert.
Check it out--- it's only 500 words. Don't fall asleep... and see what you think;)
http://www.designconcommunity.com/author.asp?section_id=3143&doc_id=261759&
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Whole 30, with kids, ALL DONE!
Sort of...
We did it! We completed the Whole30 with no cheats (for adults) and only a few minor ones for the kiddos. I for sure have more energy than I've had in a long time. I fall asleep easily at night, and wake up easily too. No more groggy, "don't talk to me until I've had my coffee" mornings. It's amazing. I'm a starbucks junky and I haven't even had coffee in days.
I lost a grand total of 6lbs. Doesn't sound like much, but it's the right direction and I did it all just by changing they way I eat. I wasn't working out like crazy or anything. Josh lost more. Punk. Yes I love my husband and am so glad he did this with me, but how in the HECK can guys lose more than women so easily? It's like they just think "lose weight" and it drops off.
Now I know that isn't really true, but it feels that way. Either way---- I'm glad we are all on a healthier way of eating.
We've added back in greek yogurt to make breakfast shakes, oatmeal and honey for the kiddos, and otherwise kept it all the same. We're going to keep doing this for another 30 days. Yup. So we're done, but we're going to keep going.
Josh gets blood work done every year around his birthday. His doctor told him to wait this year until we'd done this for 60 days to really see a difference in your bloodwork. 30 days is great for creating new habits and "cleansing" the system, but it won't really show up until 60+ days. So in a month look for an update on Josh's blood work compared to last year, which has always been pretty good.
The cookbooks we used during this journey were:
Both were ok and we found a few golden recipes in them; however, we found just as many we loved online for free! The well fed book had about 6 recipes we liked that the kids liked and the everyday paleo had maybe 10. The one thing to know is that in these books they sometimes use things that aren't allowed in the Whole30 first 30 days, like honey. There was also a lot of "fluff" in the intros of these books like "oh it's so easy" or "My kids love to help me cook" or "kids love this" which was a crock in my humble opinion. The kids didn't love it at first. They hated most of it, as is evidence by my blogging. HOWEVER, that being said, now they are eating fine and eating a lot. Most of the recipes they said "kids love" though mine still don't like.
We found that simple meals tended to work better for them like grilled chicken, blanched broccoli, and apple slices instead of pork stuffing stuffed acorn squash, for example, which we love.
I think the big take aways for me are this:
- it costs more to eat healthy
- it takes more time cooking to eat healthy
- it makes you feel great though!
- it's worth it.
Right now my book on whole30 is out on loan. I already have one person in line to read it (Jen), but after that I'm happy to loan it out (maybe not to Papa New Guinea though Becca).
You can read a lot about it online at www.whole9life.com
Maybe once I get my book back I'll write a list of what is approved and not, for those of you out there that care to take a gander.
It was hard, very hard at first, and frustrating, but now--- I can see this as a life style with some once in a great while treats, like Chocolate!
We did it! We completed the Whole30 with no cheats (for adults) and only a few minor ones for the kiddos. I for sure have more energy than I've had in a long time. I fall asleep easily at night, and wake up easily too. No more groggy, "don't talk to me until I've had my coffee" mornings. It's amazing. I'm a starbucks junky and I haven't even had coffee in days.
I lost a grand total of 6lbs. Doesn't sound like much, but it's the right direction and I did it all just by changing they way I eat. I wasn't working out like crazy or anything. Josh lost more. Punk. Yes I love my husband and am so glad he did this with me, but how in the HECK can guys lose more than women so easily? It's like they just think "lose weight" and it drops off.
Now I know that isn't really true, but it feels that way. Either way---- I'm glad we are all on a healthier way of eating.
We've added back in greek yogurt to make breakfast shakes, oatmeal and honey for the kiddos, and otherwise kept it all the same. We're going to keep doing this for another 30 days. Yup. So we're done, but we're going to keep going.
Josh gets blood work done every year around his birthday. His doctor told him to wait this year until we'd done this for 60 days to really see a difference in your bloodwork. 30 days is great for creating new habits and "cleansing" the system, but it won't really show up until 60+ days. So in a month look for an update on Josh's blood work compared to last year, which has always been pretty good.
The cookbooks we used during this journey were:
Both were ok and we found a few golden recipes in them; however, we found just as many we loved online for free! The well fed book had about 6 recipes we liked that the kids liked and the everyday paleo had maybe 10. The one thing to know is that in these books they sometimes use things that aren't allowed in the Whole30 first 30 days, like honey. There was also a lot of "fluff" in the intros of these books like "oh it's so easy" or "My kids love to help me cook" or "kids love this" which was a crock in my humble opinion. The kids didn't love it at first. They hated most of it, as is evidence by my blogging. HOWEVER, that being said, now they are eating fine and eating a lot. Most of the recipes they said "kids love" though mine still don't like.
We found that simple meals tended to work better for them like grilled chicken, blanched broccoli, and apple slices instead of pork stuffing stuffed acorn squash, for example, which we love.
I think the big take aways for me are this:
- it costs more to eat healthy
- it takes more time cooking to eat healthy
- it makes you feel great though!
- it's worth it.
Right now my book on whole30 is out on loan. I already have one person in line to read it (Jen), but after that I'm happy to loan it out (maybe not to Papa New Guinea though Becca).
You can read a lot about it online at www.whole9life.com
Maybe once I get my book back I'll write a list of what is approved and not, for those of you out there that care to take a gander.
It was hard, very hard at first, and frustrating, but now--- I can see this as a life style with some once in a great while treats, like Chocolate!
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Whole30, with kids, what day is it?
I can honestly say that I have no clue how many days we've been trying this new way of eating. I know it's not 30 days yet, but it's our last full week, and I'm doing pretty darn good.
Josh and I have talked to so many people about this and here are a few things I think we can agree upon:
Here is a good article on cows milk. I have to admit, it does feel "un-American" to not drink cows milk. http://www.waoy.org/9.html Dr. Oski comments, "Being against cow milk is equated with being un-American,"
I think we are going to bring in back Greek yogurt though, for breakfast shakes. We need a quick alternative to eggs every morning. A good fruit shake, with a non-whey protein powder and Greek yogurt, and spinach is very satisfying. With a banana in it, you don't even taste the spinach and have all the added benefits of eating your greens.
We need to determine a cheaper way of doing this, and I'm just not sure how yet. We're going to look into a CSA, Community Supported Agriculture, program here--- and hope that helps.
I know we really want to keep the all-natural meat products because there are just too many hormones in the meat we serve our children and our selves. This is better than just going vegetarian. I'm not sure I could do that.
Josh still misses his breads, a lot. We're just not sure what to do about that yet. We've started making pancakes and muffins with almond flour and coconut flour- and they are yummy! However, sometimes a meal calls for a tortilla, or chips, or bread for a sandwich---- and we just aren't sure what we're going to do about that yet.
Any thoughts? Anyone still reading this crazy adventure I'm on? Still think I'm nuts? :)
Josh and I have talked to so many people about this and here are a few things I think we can agree upon:
- We are feeling great, and I've had a huge increase in energy.
- I've lost weight. Finally tally to be seen next week.
- The kids have fully accepted it and are eating great. I didn't think they'd last past the first 2 days honestly.
- It's expensive. It's hard to eat healthy. There are so many cheaper options out there that will fill you up faster than a salad with chicken on it, but do I really want to feed that to my kids?
- We can't wait to have "special" things again like ice cream, pizza, candy, wine, etc. But we are both worried we won't keep it to "special" times and it will become regular eating again. Dessert every night after dinner, even if it's 1 cookie, is still too often.
Here is a good article on cows milk. I have to admit, it does feel "un-American" to not drink cows milk. http://www.waoy.org/9.html Dr. Oski comments, "Being against cow milk is equated with being un-American,"
I think we are going to bring in back Greek yogurt though, for breakfast shakes. We need a quick alternative to eggs every morning. A good fruit shake, with a non-whey protein powder and Greek yogurt, and spinach is very satisfying. With a banana in it, you don't even taste the spinach and have all the added benefits of eating your greens.
We need to determine a cheaper way of doing this, and I'm just not sure how yet. We're going to look into a CSA, Community Supported Agriculture, program here--- and hope that helps.
I know we really want to keep the all-natural meat products because there are just too many hormones in the meat we serve our children and our selves. This is better than just going vegetarian. I'm not sure I could do that.
Josh still misses his breads, a lot. We're just not sure what to do about that yet. We've started making pancakes and muffins with almond flour and coconut flour- and they are yummy! However, sometimes a meal calls for a tortilla, or chips, or bread for a sandwich---- and we just aren't sure what we're going to do about that yet.
Any thoughts? Anyone still reading this crazy adventure I'm on? Still think I'm nuts? :)
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Whole30, day 20 "stress" eating and skinny wraps
I have to admit that we run out of food faster now and my kids are eating more. They all are going through growth spurts, or are just loving the food we are making. I've started double recipes to have left overs for lunch..... and many times I still don't have left overs! And my kids are only ages 2, 4 and 6! I'm so happy to see my 2 year old munching on long carrots and spaghetti squash and my 4 year old chowing down on apples and cucumbers and my 6 year old eating anything we put in front of her.
But today I am a little tired, and feeling very stressed. It's nothing big, but tons of little things and I find myself wanting to stress eat. Normally this is where a candy bar, or 2 would come in. Or a starbucks run for a "light" mocha. Or a "let's go to lunch" and split an appetizer, eat a lunch, and split a dessert- would all come in. In stead I'm trying to drink water, lots of water. Eat a grapefruit and nuts. Now... I found myself starting to scarf down the nuts because they are easy. I can't have them be my new "stress" food. They are good for you, in small quantities--- not by the handful after handful after handful. Even if they are raw nuts and not honey roasted. Hm... honey roasted. I could go for some honey right now. Thus after eating my small bowlful of nuts, and coconut flakes I'm forcing myself to eat grapefruit. Which I love, but it's totally not a stress food. I need to break this bad habit of stress eating. Now I doubt anyone ever had health issues from stress drinking water---- so I think I'm still ok there;)
Also, news flash- for those few that even read this (thanks by the way). I'm going to "wrap" today. I decided I"m going to do it. I broke down and bought an Easter outfit yesterday. My kids all got new outfits thanks to their Grammy. My husband has great clothes and me.... well I tend to dress in black dress clothes. Not so good for Easter. So.....I shopped around and found something I'm excited to wear, with cute shoes (of course!) and am going to wrap myself.
For those that haven't heard about "skinny wraps" here is my friend/neighbors site that sells them. http://www.fitnsexywraps.com/
To answer your questions, because these are the ones that I had:
p.s. stress eating grapefuit makes you sick!
But today I am a little tired, and feeling very stressed. It's nothing big, but tons of little things and I find myself wanting to stress eat. Normally this is where a candy bar, or 2 would come in. Or a starbucks run for a "light" mocha. Or a "let's go to lunch" and split an appetizer, eat a lunch, and split a dessert- would all come in. In stead I'm trying to drink water, lots of water. Eat a grapefruit and nuts. Now... I found myself starting to scarf down the nuts because they are easy. I can't have them be my new "stress" food. They are good for you, in small quantities--- not by the handful after handful after handful. Even if they are raw nuts and not honey roasted. Hm... honey roasted. I could go for some honey right now. Thus after eating my small bowlful of nuts, and coconut flakes I'm forcing myself to eat grapefruit. Which I love, but it's totally not a stress food. I need to break this bad habit of stress eating. Now I doubt anyone ever had health issues from stress drinking water---- so I think I'm still ok there;)
Also, news flash- for those few that even read this (thanks by the way). I'm going to "wrap" today. I decided I"m going to do it. I broke down and bought an Easter outfit yesterday. My kids all got new outfits thanks to their Grammy. My husband has great clothes and me.... well I tend to dress in black dress clothes. Not so good for Easter. So.....I shopped around and found something I'm excited to wear, with cute shoes (of course!) and am going to wrap myself.
For those that haven't heard about "skinny wraps" here is my friend/neighbors site that sells them. http://www.fitnsexywraps.com/
To answer your questions, because these are the ones that I had:
- What is it? It is a pre-treated cloth that is botanically infused with ingredients like horse chestnut, eucalyptus, green leaf tea extract, bladder wrack, horsetail, ivy, jojoba, guarana, butchers broom.1.
- How long does it last? A full application last 2-5 months (full application is 4 wraps). I plan to try 1 to start.
- How much is it? It's $25 to wrap at a party that's a $10 savings... outside of the party it's $35. Keep in mind though everyone is eligible to get my Distributor pricing just by becoming a loyal customer. What this means is 1. you can get a box of 4 wraps for $59 and 2. you have to sign up for a 3 month auto ship (it doesn't mean you have to stick with the wraps all three months, you can do Fat Fighters or Thermofit or any of the other weight loss supplements). But Loyal Customer pricing is definitely a better deal.
- How "big" of an area does it cover? The wrap is pretty big, it covers your entire abdomen and sides, you can use it anywhere, legs, hips, calves, arms, neck, back... just not your face. We have a facial applicator for that area.
p.s. stress eating grapefuit makes you sick!
Monday, March 25, 2013
Whole30, day 17- I cheated!
Alright, I'll come right out and admit it. I cheated. It wasn't a big cheat, just a little one--- but I guess a cheat is still a cheat.
I weighed myself. This is "strictly" forbidden in the 30 days, but I was dying to know. They say that they don't care if you lose weight- it's about getting your hormones in balance and making your system healthy. That is great, and I want that too- but I also want to be like the 95% of people surveyed that lost somewhere between 6-15 lbs. Otherwise, it's hard to keep going, no matter how great you feel. Am I right?
Well... I've lost 5 lbs in 2 weeks. This may not seem like much as 1-2lbs a week is normal. But here's the kicker.... I haven't worked out much at all and I haven't counted calories once. The bonuses to me are that I'm sleeping 10x better, and I wake up with energy that lasts all day. I don't get my 10am slump, or 2pm "I can't keep my eyes open, where's my coffee" dip either.
Now that I don't have those horrible headaches (sugar withdrawals I"m sure) and am sleeping better, I'm going to spend the next 13 days working out 3-4 times a week. This is what I'd expect to do normally, but starting this new way of eating took a lot of effort to get going and I just didn't have it in me to work out a lot.
I'm starting to think long term here. My kids are eating great. My husband is eating, but still a little grumpy about not having his bread. I wonder if we'll be a gluten free household? I miss dairy the most, oh and sugar. However, we might be going to almond milk for the kiddos. Really we've been drinking a whole lot more water as a family and my kids haven't even mentioned yogurt in a long time. I think Josh and I miss cheese the most. We might bring that back in, but then what do you put cheese on the most? Bread.... and it goes downhill from there.
Needless to say it will take some more time to debate--- but this is the kick start I needed to get eating better and moving to lose weight and still have energy left over. That was the biggest challenge for me. Just not having energy for anything, let alone working out. Now I have that---- and I have no more excuses!
I weighed myself. This is "strictly" forbidden in the 30 days, but I was dying to know. They say that they don't care if you lose weight- it's about getting your hormones in balance and making your system healthy. That is great, and I want that too- but I also want to be like the 95% of people surveyed that lost somewhere between 6-15 lbs. Otherwise, it's hard to keep going, no matter how great you feel. Am I right?
Well... I've lost 5 lbs in 2 weeks. This may not seem like much as 1-2lbs a week is normal. But here's the kicker.... I haven't worked out much at all and I haven't counted calories once. The bonuses to me are that I'm sleeping 10x better, and I wake up with energy that lasts all day. I don't get my 10am slump, or 2pm "I can't keep my eyes open, where's my coffee" dip either.
Now that I don't have those horrible headaches (sugar withdrawals I"m sure) and am sleeping better, I'm going to spend the next 13 days working out 3-4 times a week. This is what I'd expect to do normally, but starting this new way of eating took a lot of effort to get going and I just didn't have it in me to work out a lot.
I'm starting to think long term here. My kids are eating great. My husband is eating, but still a little grumpy about not having his bread. I wonder if we'll be a gluten free household? I miss dairy the most, oh and sugar. However, we might be going to almond milk for the kiddos. Really we've been drinking a whole lot more water as a family and my kids haven't even mentioned yogurt in a long time. I think Josh and I miss cheese the most. We might bring that back in, but then what do you put cheese on the most? Bread.... and it goes downhill from there.
Needless to say it will take some more time to debate--- but this is the kick start I needed to get eating better and moving to lose weight and still have energy left over. That was the biggest challenge for me. Just not having energy for anything, let alone working out. Now I have that---- and I have no more excuses!
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Whole 30, with kids, day 13 "Breakthrough!"
I actually had to look up what day it was on our 30 day journey today. It's been almost 2 weeks which seems like, now, to have flown by. The first week or so was rough. I was not only counting days.... but hours it seemed.
This weekend is the "dreaded" mini family reunion. Please understand that I can't WAIT to see all the family, even if it's only for 24 hours with lots of driving---- it's the meals that I'm dreading. It's easy to be weird with your meals (yes I still call it weird) at home, or in your office cube for lunch, but it is a whole other story to do it away from home- with a group of other people. That being said, my in-laws are vegetarian and my mother-in-law is gluten free.... so they understand to a degree not eating certain things that others eat. It's just hard when your training your kids that way and there are other kids around that don't eat that way... Thankfully my brother/sister (in-laws) just visited us yesterday for dinner and had some yummy food. They are very sweet and supportive, so thank you C&C!
It's hard to want to go to a big reunion where it will be hard to stick to the plan, especially when you've had such a breakthrough!
My 2 year old has official turned a corner. He eats eggs for breakfast, and asks for more. He eats lunch meat, veggies, and fruit for lunch, and asks for more. He has learned to eat what we put on his plate, even if it's not his favorite and then he'll get strawberries or other fruit. And the fruit tastes sooo sweet now! It always tasted good, but now it tastes as though eat fruit is sprinkled with sugar, because our taste buds have changed.
I accidentally had regular ketchup the other night and I was like "WOW! That tastes like pure sugar." Well, in the past it never would have fazed me. It tasted normal, but now it was so sugary. I looked and it had 4 grams of sugar per tablespoon! That is 4 packets of sugar in each tablespoon.... ouch! No wonder I have cavities and kids are bouncing off the walls after hotdogs, fries and ketchup.
But more on my breakthrough. Today my 2 year old had a full, normal day of eating. He even ate 2 full sized carrots after dinner because he was still hungry and when I offered him a carrot instead of an apple or more fruit his response? "YEAH!" that makes all this worth it! I think it has been at least 2 days since we have heard "Goldfish" or "Cheeze its" or "Yuck".
My husband says he sees a small difference in our constant motion child, but if it's there, it's a small change. We still have 17 days to go.... so I hope I see a big enough difference.
My 6 year old is loving her lunches of lunch meat, veggies, applesauce, pecans, etc. In fact tonight, I made a crock pot dinner that was super easy and everyone ate it. My daughter had 2 helpings! It was boneless chicken thighs (~6), sweet potatoes cut in large chunks (4), 1 carton of mushrooms, 1/2 a yellow onion, 1 cup chicken broth, rosemary, garlic, salt, 2 t white wine vinegar and 5 hours later---- voila a wonderful dinner. It did seem to need a bit more seasoning and if I were home all day and able to watch it I might add the sweet potatoes 1/2 way through cooking rather than at the beginning as they turned pretty mushy, but were still good.
Overall I feel better, have more energy, eat less naturally- not trying to starve myself, and feel great. Let's see how the next 2 weeks go.
Cabin- here we come (on Saturday that is.....)
This weekend is the "dreaded" mini family reunion. Please understand that I can't WAIT to see all the family, even if it's only for 24 hours with lots of driving---- it's the meals that I'm dreading. It's easy to be weird with your meals (yes I still call it weird) at home, or in your office cube for lunch, but it is a whole other story to do it away from home- with a group of other people. That being said, my in-laws are vegetarian and my mother-in-law is gluten free.... so they understand to a degree not eating certain things that others eat. It's just hard when your training your kids that way and there are other kids around that don't eat that way... Thankfully my brother/sister (in-laws) just visited us yesterday for dinner and had some yummy food. They are very sweet and supportive, so thank you C&C!
It's hard to want to go to a big reunion where it will be hard to stick to the plan, especially when you've had such a breakthrough!
My 2 year old has official turned a corner. He eats eggs for breakfast, and asks for more. He eats lunch meat, veggies, and fruit for lunch, and asks for more. He has learned to eat what we put on his plate, even if it's not his favorite and then he'll get strawberries or other fruit. And the fruit tastes sooo sweet now! It always tasted good, but now it tastes as though eat fruit is sprinkled with sugar, because our taste buds have changed.
I accidentally had regular ketchup the other night and I was like "WOW! That tastes like pure sugar." Well, in the past it never would have fazed me. It tasted normal, but now it was so sugary. I looked and it had 4 grams of sugar per tablespoon! That is 4 packets of sugar in each tablespoon.... ouch! No wonder I have cavities and kids are bouncing off the walls after hotdogs, fries and ketchup.
But more on my breakthrough. Today my 2 year old had a full, normal day of eating. He even ate 2 full sized carrots after dinner because he was still hungry and when I offered him a carrot instead of an apple or more fruit his response? "YEAH!" that makes all this worth it! I think it has been at least 2 days since we have heard "Goldfish" or "Cheeze its" or "Yuck".
My husband says he sees a small difference in our constant motion child, but if it's there, it's a small change. We still have 17 days to go.... so I hope I see a big enough difference.
My 6 year old is loving her lunches of lunch meat, veggies, applesauce, pecans, etc. In fact tonight, I made a crock pot dinner that was super easy and everyone ate it. My daughter had 2 helpings! It was boneless chicken thighs (~6), sweet potatoes cut in large chunks (4), 1 carton of mushrooms, 1/2 a yellow onion, 1 cup chicken broth, rosemary, garlic, salt, 2 t white wine vinegar and 5 hours later---- voila a wonderful dinner. It did seem to need a bit more seasoning and if I were home all day and able to watch it I might add the sweet potatoes 1/2 way through cooking rather than at the beginning as they turned pretty mushy, but were still good.
Overall I feel better, have more energy, eat less naturally- not trying to starve myself, and feel great. Let's see how the next 2 weeks go.
Cabin- here we come (on Saturday that is.....)
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